# Incident 19971229044249I: Doug DC982, Reno, NV, December 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1997, 16:03 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ORJA
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N843RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D219
- People aboard: 77
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 1,710 in this make and model, 184 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971229044249I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 29, 1997 RENO AIR, DC-9, N843RA, FLIGHT 156 FROM RNO TO DEN HAD AN APU FIRE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATE AT 2330Z, AT GATE C9, RENO/TAHOE AIRPORT. THE #1 FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED WHICH APPARENTLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE THE PIC NOTIFIED RENO ATCT WHO CALLED THE AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE PASSENGERS WERE REMOVED THROUGH THE JETWAY EXIT. THE EMERGENCY WAS TERMINATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT 2336Z. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE APU STARTER WAS THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE. DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THE APU STARTER AND STARTER WIRE LEADS. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE JANUARY 3, 1998. A TEARDOWN REPORT FOR THE APU STARTER HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ON 2/5/98, RECEIVED TEARDOWN REPORT, UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, THE STARTER WAS FOUND TO BE BURNT THROUGHOUT. UNIT LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN HUNG START. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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